COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE USE OF GIS IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GIS 5023 THE USE OF GIS IN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR OKAN FISTIKOĞLU

Offered to

Geographical Information Systems (Non-Thesis) (English)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ENGLISH)
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - NON THESIS (EVENING PROGRAM) (ENGLISH)

Course Objective

The main objective of the course is to discuss the GIS-based methods for hydrologic computations. The processes of the hydrologic cycle are evaluated by means of GIS techniques. Rainfall, surface runoff, sub-surface runoff, groundwater runoff, evaporation and evapotranspiration, infiltration, etc are the topics that are mainly discussed in the scope of the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To classify GIS-based hydrological computations
2   To compare spatial hydrological processes
3   To choose best GIS use in water resources research
4   To interpret the role of the GIS in water resources management
5   To relate theoritical knowledge to GIS&Water Resources Researches

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Geographical Information Systems and Hydrology
2 Rainfall Analyses by Remote Sensing
3 Arial Distribution of Rainfall
4 The effect of Landuse and Landcover on Surface Runoff
5 Spatial Distribution of Soils
6 Sub-Surface Runoff and Soil Properties
7 Geology and Groundwater
8 Mid-Term Examination
9 Spatial Evaporation and Evapotranspiration
10 Watershed Morphology
11 Spatial Hydrometeorologic Databases
12 GIS Applications in Hydrology -Case Study
13 GIS Applications in Hydrology -Case Study
14 Evaluation of Case Studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): De By, R., A., Principles of Geographic Information Systems. ITC Educational Textbook Series, 2000.
Supplementary Book(s): Proceedings of the Symposium on Geographic Information Systems and Water Resources AWRA, 1993
A Management Perspective, Stan Aronoff, WDL Publications, Ottawa, Canada, 1989.
Yomralıoğlu, T., Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri, Temel Kavramlar ve Uygulamalar, 2000.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

okan.fistikoglu@deu.edu.tr, 0.232.3017026

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 28 1 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 36 36
Final 1 4 4
Midterm 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 164

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.152323242234
LO.245254324351
LO.323425152425
LO.412232531333
LO.534222111514